Changes: Reality testing

'''Reality testing''' is the process of objectively distinguishing betweeen the internal world of thoughts and feelings and the external world.

'''Reality testing''' is the process of objectively distinguishing betweeen the internal world of thoughts and feelings and the external world.

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==Reality testing in psychological therapy==

In [[mental disorders]], where this process is limited, a person is said to lack [[insight]] and the further breakdown of the distinction between external and internal world is a characteristic of [[psychosis]]. For example [[hallucinations]] and [[delusions]] are taken as signs of a failure of reality testing

In [[mental disorders]], where this process is limited, a person is said to lack [[insight]] and the further breakdown of the distinction between external and internal world is a characteristic of [[psychosis]]. For example [[hallucinations]] and [[delusions]] are taken as signs of a failure of reality testing

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The term was first introduced by [[Freud]] in [[Formulations on the Two Principles of mental Functioning]].

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The term was first introduced by [[Freud]] in Formulations on the Two Principles of Mental Functioning.

*Beedle, H. E. (1983). The effect of instructional activities on the temporal range of thought and future realism of developmentally disabled community college students: Dissertation Abstracts International.

*Katan, M. (1979). Further exploration of the schizophrenic regression to the undifferentiated state: A study of the "Assessment of the unconscious." International Journal of Psycho-Analysis Vol 60(2) 1979, 145-175.

*Korzenny, F., & Neuendorf, K. A. (1983). The perceived reality of television and aggressive predispositions among children in Mexico: International Journal of Intercultural Relations Vol 7(1) 1983, 33-51.

*Somers, D. G. (1989). A test of the functional illusion and reality-testing models of coping behavior: A field study of workers' reactions to job loss through plant closure: Dissertation Abstracts International.

*Watson, A. (1966). Reality testing and transference in psychotherapy: Smith College Studies in Social Work 36(3) 1966, 191-209.

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*Wax, D. E. (1973). Learning how to pretend: A distinction between intent and pretence observed in the treatment of a borderline psychotic boy: British Journal of Medical Psychology Vol 46(3) Sep 1973, 297-302.

*Wertheim, E. S. (1973). Ego dysfunction in stuttering and its relationship to the subculture of the nuclear family: A predictive study based on the bio-adaptive theory of stuttering: II: British Journal of Medical Psychology Vol 46(2) Jun 1973, 155-180.

*Yoshimasu, K., Tanaka, K., & Kiyohara, C. (2005). Relation of surgery, tumor site, and age group to the loss of reality testing in Japanese patients with malignant tumors: A study of a hospital-based sample with a consultation-liaison service: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences Vol 59(3) Jun 2005, 259-265.

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In mental disorders, where this process is limited, a person is said to lack insight and the further breakdown of the distinction between external and internal world is a characteristic of psychosis. For example hallucinations and delusions are taken as signs of a failure of reality testing

The term was first introduced by Freud in Formulations on the Two Principles of Mental Functioning.

As cognitive growth and socialization occur it is important that children develop the perceptual, cognitive and sensorimotor skills that enable them to understand their relationship to the external physical and social world and to know the limits of their actions. This process is facilitated by play.

Beedle, H. E. (1983). The effect of instructional activities on the temporal range of thought and future realism of developmentally disabled community college students: Dissertation Abstracts International.

Katan, M. (1979). Further exploration of the schizophrenic regression to the undifferentiated state: A study of the "Assessment of the unconscious." International Journal of Psycho-Analysis Vol 60(2) 1979, 145-175.

Korzenny, F., & Neuendorf, K. A. (1983). The perceived reality of television and aggressive predispositions among children in Mexico: International Journal of Intercultural Relations Vol 7(1) 1983, 33-51.

Somers, D. G. (1989). A test of the functional illusion and reality-testing models of coping behavior: A field study of workers' reactions to job loss through plant closure: Dissertation Abstracts International.

Watson, A. (1966). Reality testing and transference in psychotherapy: Smith College Studies in Social Work 36(3) 1966, 191-209.

Wax, D. E. (1973). Learning how to pretend: A distinction between intent and pretence observed in the treatment of a borderline psychotic boy: British Journal of Medical Psychology Vol 46(3) Sep 1973, 297-302.

Wertheim, E. S. (1973). Ego dysfunction in stuttering and its relationship to the subculture of the nuclear family: A predictive study based on the bio-adaptive theory of stuttering: II: British Journal of Medical Psychology Vol 46(2) Jun 1973, 155-180.

Yoshimasu, K., Tanaka, K., & Kiyohara, C. (2005). Relation of surgery, tumor site, and age group to the loss of reality testing in Japanese patients with malignant tumors: A study of a hospital-based sample with a consultation-liaison service: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences Vol 59(3) Jun 2005, 259-265.